Adhesive wrapping strip



July'zs, .1936. N. J. STRAUSS 2,049,030

ADHESIVE WRAPPING STRIP Filed NOV. 50, 1934 INVENTOR.

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Patented July 28, 1936 UNITED vs'm'rss mam PATENT GFFECE Freydberg Bros. Inc., poration of New York New York, N. Y., a cor-' Application November 30, 1934, Serial No. 755,517

8 Claims.

My invention relates to flexible strips or bands for use in wrapping or sealing packagesand articles, and the principal general object of the invention is to provide a flexible strip of material such as regenerated cellulose commercially known as cellophane, paper, or other material capable of receiving and maintaining on a surface thereof adhesives which will effectively maintain the strip wrapped around the article or package as hereinafter explained.

In the practice of the invention I provide preferably an elongated strip of regenerated cellulose material, paper, or the like, having at spaced intervals thereon pairs of spots of adhesive material, the spots of each pair being also spaced apart, and there preferably being provided between the spots a weakened line across the strip to facilitate tearing the strip between the spots. The strips are preferably furnished in rolls so that the predetermined lengths defined by the weakened lines between the adhesive spots may be removed as desired for application to the packages or articles. An important object of the invention is to provide in connection with a wrapping strip of the above type, tabs or unsecuredends on the strips which may be freely grasped to facilitate removal of the strips from the packages or articles to which applied. As explained in detail hereinafter, this is accomplished by the relative spacing of the adhesive spots of each pair and the location of the tearing line therebetween.

In the drawing, I have shown several modifications or forms of the invention, and

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a roll of material embodying the invention with a portion thereof unwound;

Fig. 2 is an enlarged face view of a fragment of the strip shown in Fig. 1 showing one pair of the adhesive spots and the tearing line located therebetween;

Fig. 3 is a sectional view taken on the line 3-3 of Fig. 2;

Fig. 4 is a view similar to Fig. 2 showing the tearing line located diagonally between the adhesive spots;

Fig. 5 is a view similar to Fig. 2 showing the folded edges of the strip provided with notches alined with the weakened tearing line;

Fig. 6 is a view similar to Fig. 5 showing the folded edges provided with slits instead of notches;

Fig. 7 is a view similar to Fig. 2 showing a fragment of a strip, the edges of which are not folded;

which may be regenerated cellulose commercially 10 known and available as cellophane, or other material, such as paper or the like, has its longitudinal edges folded as designated by the numeral l2 to reinforce such edges and prevent the same from easily tearing or becoming rough. Adjacent the free end of the strip l3, there is provided a spot or small coated area I4 of adhesive, but between the spot and the extreme tip edge of the strip, there is an .uncoated area l5, for a purpose presently described. At a point remote from the spot l4 on the strip, there are a pair of spaced spots l6 of adhesive with an uncoated area ll therebetween, which area has provided thereacross and transversely across the strip, a weakened line I 8, which may be formed by perforating or partly cutting through the strip. The weakened line also preferably extends across the folds l2. Between the extreme end l3 of the strip and the weakened line It, are the two coated spots It and I6, and this section of the strip, designated generally by the numeral I9,

has an intermediate uncoated area between the end spots M and I6. Obviously, the section I! may be removed simply by tearing across the line l8 to form an individual wrapping band to encircle a package as shown in Fig. 9, wherein the package is designated by the letter P, and the spot I4 is shown adhesively secured thereto at its approximate center with the band I9 encircling the package and the spot l6 adhesively secured to the top face of the band above the spot it. The uncoated area I! affords the tab to facilitate removal of the strip.

The adhesive employed in the practice of the invention may be of any character such as normally tacky compositions known and available on the market as pressure adhesives and which firmly adhere when pressed down against a sur-.

face to which they are to be secured, or thermoplastic adhesives which adhere under the action of heat and pressure, or ordinary glues and the like which adhere when moistened.

It will be understood, especially by reference to Figs. 1 and 8, that there are a plurality of sections is divided by weakened lines It! and each having at opposite ends or adjacent the weakened lines, the adhesive spots and the uncoated ends ,which form the tabs to facilitate removal after application to a package or article.

In Fig. 4, the strip shown is of the same construction as in Figs. 1 and 2, and the same reference characters designate the same parts as in Fig. 2, with the exception of the weakened line 20, which is shown being located diagonally between the pair of adhesive spots [6, so that the tabs 2| are pointed when the strip is torn along the line 20.

In Figs. 5 and 6, the strip is the same as in I Fig. 2, and the'same reference characters designate the same parts with the exception of notches 22 which are cut in the folded edges I2 at the ends of the weakened line l8; and in Fig. 6 instead of the notches I provide cuts or slits 23 in the folded edges l2 in alinement with each other and at the ends of the weakened line l8.

In Fig. 7, I have shown the strip or band designated by the numeral 24 having plain or unfolded edges, but otherwise the strip is the same as that shown in Figs. 1 and 2, having the pairs of spaced adhesive spots I6 divided by the uncoated portion l1 across which is the weakened line l8.

It should be obvious that the strips may be of various widths and be made of various materials, and that the weakened lines l8 may be provided at various relatively spaced intervals to provide different lengths of individual wrapping bands. Furthermore, where a pressure adhesive is employed, when the strips are placed in use, the sections H] are torn off along the lines 68 or l8 and one of the spots is pressed down against the article or package, as shown in Fig. 9, after which the band is wrapped around the package or article and the other spot is secured to the opposite surface of the band above the first spot, the pressure exerted upon the band above the adhesive spots being suflicient to adhesively secure the band around the package or article. I prefer the pressure adhesive because it does not require the use of heat or moisture to obtain the adhesion of the band to the article and to itself, and hence the application of the bands is speedily accom-' plished. However, other adhesives may be employed as above explained, and the wrapping of the band around the article would be accomplished in the same manner.

Regardless of the width, length, or material employed, the uncoated ends of the sections i9, that is, the areas l5, [1, 2| or H provide tabs which can be conveniently grasped to facilitate lifting of the band or wrapping strip when removing it from the package or article which it encircles.

I claim:

1. A strip for use in wrapping articles or packages comprising, a relatively narrow elongated strip of flexible material provided at regularly spaced intervals throughout its length with pairs of spots or zones of adhesive, the length of strip between said pairs of adhesive spots being relatively long and free from adhesive, the spots or zones of each pair being separated from each other by a relatively short non-adhesive section, a weakened line provided across each of the said sections between each pair of spots to facilitate separation of portions of uniform length from the strip to form individual wrapping bands, and the area of the section between each pair of spots or zones across which the weakened line is located being uncoated to provide short digital grasping tabs at each end of the individual bands.

packages comprising, an elongated strip of flexible material provided at intervals with pairs of spots or zones of adhesive, the spots or zones of each pair being spaced from each other, the longitudinal edges of said strip being folded over providing a double thickness thereto, a weakened line provided across the strip between each pair of spotsto facilitate separation of sections of the strip from each other to form individual wrapping bands, the said folded edges being cut at the ends of said weakened lines, and the area between each pair of spots or zones across which the weakened line is located being uncoated to provide tabs to be grasped whenremoving the bands from the packages or articles to which applied.

3. A strip for use in wrapping articles or .packages comprising, an elongated strip of flexible material provided at intervals with pairs of spots or zones of adhesive, the spots or Zones of each pair being spaced from each other, the longitudinal edges of said strip being folded over providing a double thickness thereto, a weakened line provided across the strip between each pair of spots to facilitate separation of sections of the strip from each other to form. individual wrapping bands, the said folded edges being notched at the ends of said weakened lines, and'the area between each pair of spots or zones across which the weakened line is located being uncoated to provide tabs to be grasped when removing the bands from the packages or articles to which applied.

4. A wrapping strip or band of the character described comprising a flexible strip of material having applied thereto on one face adjacent each end a spot of pressure adhesive material with an area at the extreme ends of the strip or band free of adhesive-to provide a digital grasping portion, the portion of the strip between said spots of adhesive being relatively long and free from adhesive. n

5. As a new product of manufacture, tie-strip material of the class described comprising a relatively narrow flexible ribbon of indefinite length having on one surface thereof throughout its length and at regularly spaced intervals relatively small spots or zones of adhesive arranged in pairs, the spots or zones of each pair being separated by a relatively short non-adhesive intermediate section, and a weakened severing line extending transversely across each of the said intermediate sections, the length of strip between said pairs of adhesive spots being relatively long and substantially free from adhesive.

6. As a new product of manufacture, tie-strip material of the class described comprising a relatively narrow flexible ribbon of transparent material and of indefinite lengthhaving on one surface thereof throughout its length and at regularly spaced intervals, relatively small spotsor zones of adhesive arranged in pairs, the length of strip between said pairs of adhesive spots being relatively long and free from adhesive, the spots or zones of each pair being separated by a rela tively short non-adhesive intermediate section, the construction and arrangement being such that a strip severed from the ribbon between anytwo weakened lines will have a spot or zone of adhesive adjacent each end thereof and a grasping portion at the extreme ends of the said strip free of adhesive.

'7. As a new product of manufacture, tie-strip material of the class described comprising a relatively narrow flexible ribbon of transparent hie-,

terial of definite length having on one surface thereof throughout its length and at regularly spaced intervals relatively small spots or zones of a pressure adhesive material arranged in pairs, the length of strip between said pairs ofadhesive spots being relatively long and free from adhesive, the spots or zones of each pair being separated by a relatively short non-adhesive intermediate section and a weakened severing line extending transversely across each of the said intermediate sections.

8. As a new product of manufacture, tie-strip material of the class described, comprising a relatively narrow flexible ribbon of transparent cellulosic material, said ribbon being of indefinite length and having on one surface thereof throughout its length and at regularly spaced intervals, relatively small spots or zones of a normally tacky adhesive material, said spdts or zones being arranged in pairs and those of each pair being separated by a relatively short nonadhesive intermediate section, and a weakened severing line extending diagonally across each of the said intermediate sections, the length of strip between said pairs of adhesive spots being relatively long and substantially free from adhesive.

NATHAN J. STRAUSS. 

